Factory Planner- Maternity CoverChichester, West Sussex Astute Technical are currently recruiting for a Factory Planner for a market leader within the Food Production and Manufacturing industry to join their planning team to cover maternity for a minimum of 12 months. This is a great opportunity for an experienced planner to work for an established global provider within the food industry and help to provide planning processes enabling efficient information, communication and clear pathways for decision making.

As a Factory Planner, your duties will include:

Support the Planning Manager and Senior Factory Planner in developing and driving improvement

Generate and maintain accurate and realistic daily production plans and schedules

Gain an understanding of upstream, downstream and production processes enabling effective decision making and precise assessment for opportunities and options

Work with the supply chain team assisting them to get the materials needed in the right place at the right time to ensure smooth operations process

Work alongside the Senior Factory Planner to produce accurate master production plans

To be considered for the Factory Planner role, it would be desirable to have:

Experience in a planning environment

Experience and understanding of working in production or planning in a FMCG environment

A working knowledge of planning and forecasting

A knowledge of ERP and MRP systems

An additional language of polish skills would be a distinct advantage for this role

As a Factory Planner, you will receive:

Enrolment to the company pension scheme

Discounted leisure membership

Access to approved training centre for Highfield qualifications

Development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Application Process: Applying for this exciting opportunity could not be easier, simply email your up to date CV and covering letter to Natasha Elliott on nelliott@astutetechnical.co.uk or 02393 910 043

Astute Technical is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.